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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. BUTLER, OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOUTHINGTONCUTLERY CO., OF SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, A

CORPORATION.

SAFETY-RAZO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 685,098, dated October22, 1901.

Application filed July 29; 1901- To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. BUTLER, of Southington, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Safety-Razors; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective View of a safetyrazor constructed in accordancewith my invention; Fig. 2, a view of the blade-holder and blade detachedFig. 3, a side or edged View of the same; Fig.` 4t, a plan View of theplate detached; Fig. 5, an edge view of the same; Fig. 6, a perspectiveview of the handle detached; Fig. 7, a View, partially in section, ofthe blade-holder and blade connected with the plate by the handle, asassembled for use; Fig. S, an edge view of a modified form of plate.

This invention relates to an improvement in safety-razors, andparticularly to that class in which the blade is clamped to theguardplate through the medium of the handle, the object being a simplearrangement of parts, whereby the blade may be easily clamped in lposition and adjusted, as desired.

As herein shown, the guard-plate A is of l substantially the usual shapeprovided at one edge with the usual bowed teeth B, and in this plate isa slot C. The blade D is of the usual form of safety-razors, and isadapted to be entered into a blade-holder E, the sides of which tightlyclasp the opposite faces of the blade. In one side of the blade-holderis a hub F, the sides of which are cut away to form alongitudinalshoulder G, corresponding in widthto the width of the slot C in theplate through which it extends. This hub is also provided with athreaded opening H, to receive the screw-threaded stem I of the handleJ, which when turned into the hub F comes to a bearing upon the'outerface of the plate serial No. 70,056. (No man.)

A and clamps the blade thereto. The elon-Y gated shoulder G, resting inthe slot C, prevents the blade from turning with relation to the plate.This construction enables the parts to be readily assembled and theblade moved toward or from the outer edge of the plate, as required.

The plate A may be provided with side flanges A', as shown-in Fig. 8,which lianges will also serve to hold the blade in position, althoughthey are not absolutely required.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as ne\v,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Asafety-razor,comprisingaplate formed at one edge with teeth, andwith a centrallyarranged slot, a blade-holder adapted to receive ablade, said holder provided with a hub having a shoulder adapted toextend through the slot in the said plate, and a handle adapted forengagement with said hub whereby the blade-holder is clamped to saidplate, substantially as described.

2. A safety-razor, comprising aplate having a slot, a blade-holderadapted to receive a blade, and formed at one side with a hub, ashoulder on said hub adapted to extend through said slot,and a handlehaving a screwthreaded stem adapted to enter said hub, whereby theblade-holder is clamped to the plate by the end of the handle,substantially as described.

3. A safety-razor comprising a plate formed at one edge with teeth, andwith a centrallyarranged opening, a blade-holder adapted to receive ablade, said holder provided with a hub, and a handle adapted forengagement with'said hub through the opening in a plate whereby theblade-holder is clamped to said plate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. BUTLER. Witnesses: f

FREDERIC C. EAELE, LILLIAN D. KELsEY.

